Bicycle-saddle.



No. 643,046. Patehted Feb. 6, I900. A c nnunv E suns F. P. DRUBY, Administratrix of A. G. DRURY, Decd.

BICYCLE SADDLE. (Application med Mar. 24, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED C. DRURY AND GEORGE E. SIMS, OF CANTON, NEW YORK; FRANCES P. DRURY ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID ALFRED C. DRURY, DECEASED; SAID FRANCES P. DRURY ASSIGNOR TO SAID SIMS.

SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,046, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed March 24, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALFRED C. DRURY and GEORGE E. SIMS, citizens of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of St. Lawrence, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Saddles, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referonce marked thereon.

Our invention relates to improvements in saddles for bicycles and other vehicles; and said invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and referred to in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a bottom plan View of a saddle embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same, and Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the form of cushion used by us.

In the drawings the main portion or base of the saddle is shown at A and is composed of wood, steel, or other practically-rigid material. It extends from the front to the rear of the saddle, and it is widened at the rear to form a large base or seat, while at the front portion it is narrowed and extends forward to form a nose or pommel B. The supportingspring C is secured to the base by means of the bolts and nuts a b, and through the ordinary clamp is attached to the seat-post. The forward nose or pommel B of the base has superposed upon it apneumatic or soft cushion D, shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as an inflatable tube of rubber, covered with canvas of length sufficient to extend along the front edges of the seat portion of the base, and thus protect the thighs of the rider. In the drawings this tube, it will be noticed, is of considerable diameter and is folded back on itself on the pom mel, and this construction is illustrated because it was the original form of the inven- 5 tion. In Fig. 4, however, is shown the form of cushion which we now use and which is herein claimed, and in this construction there is shown a forward inflatable chamber Z, which Serial No. 675,001. (No model.)

rests upon and covers the pommel portion of the base and has extending rearwardly from it two diverging narrowed extensions tubular in form, which project along the front edges of the seat portion.

The seat portion, as shown at E, must be firm and not resilient or elastic to any considerable extent, but to provide a comfortable support for the rider has a non-elastic padding F, so as to remove the person of the rider from contact with the base itself. Over the whole-that is, the padding at the rear and the cushion at the nose or po1n1nelis arranged a leather or other suitable covering G, which is tacked or otherwise secured to the base-piece. A tubular valve-stem projects from the inflatable tube through the base, whereby air in suitable quantity may be supplied to the cushion.

WVe do not herein claim, broadly, the combination, with a practically-rigid base extending from the front to the rear of a bicyclesaddle, of a soft or yielding nose or pommel superposed upon the forward part of such base and suitably secured in place, our invention being restricted to the cushion shown in detail in Fig. 4.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a bicycle-saddle, the combination with a suitable base extending from front to rear of the saddle and formed with a narrowed pommel portion, and a widened or seat portion, a soft cushion having a forward chamber superposed on the pom mel portion of the base, and having rearwardly extending tubular sections arranged along the front edge of the widened or seat portion; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED C. DRURY. GEORGE E. SIMS.

WVitnesses S. D. KIMBALL, F. W. SCRIBNER. 

